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A96399	The real Quaker a real Protestant, and the spirit of popery directly struck at in answer to a most malicious and scandalous book, entituled, The papists younger brother, by a disguised author under the titles Misoplanes and Philalethes, but on the contrary proved Philoplanes, Misalethes / by a servant of Christ, G. Whitehead.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1679 (1679)	Wing W1952; ESTC R42838	97,690	135

Answ Here the Priest makes an Objection against all the King's Subjects which he himself cannot Answer but only askes If it be not rare Quaking stuff He argues neither as a Christian nor like a rational or sober Man as if he would bear us down from a Practice or Custom among many of the King's Subjects and thereupon Argue That because many of the Kings Subjects Swear by a Law of Man therefore Christ's prohibition is thereby abolisht and Whatsoever is more than Yea Yea Nay Nay comes not of the Evil one it s but Quaking stuff to say as Christ says that it so cometh of Evil or of the Evil one as the Priest himself has given the Interpretation of Christ's words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And yet opposeth and derides the thing where conscientiously obeyed by us not with Disrespect to King or Government but with respect to Christs Command not to Swear Pr. Ibid. St. Paul might have known this new Light Doctrine that Christ ended the Dispensation of Oaths where Strife was if this be not Abominable Doctrine delivered by this Quaker let the wise Readers ●udge Answ What knows he but Paul knew this Doctrine that Christ ended the Dispensation of Oaths among his Followers the true Christians He does not say that an Oath for Confirmation is an End of Strife among Christians but among MEN and such Men were the Jews under the Law that were in the Strife which was the occasion of Oaths and Swearing And however where Strife and the Nature of it is removed and ended by Christ Jesus there need no Swearing to end it among such Men a●d Christians But that Solemn Oaths as he calls them are as bad now as Vain Oaths are none of our words but the Priests unnatural Inferrence for there is a difference between an Oath taken solemnly though under a misguided Conscience or Judgement Oaths used vainly and frequently by Prophane Persons who therein often sin against manifest Conviction of Conscience Yet that Swearing was lawful under the old Dispensation but unlawful now as is inferr'd upon us I grant and this the Priest has not removed he has made more Objections for us in this case than he either doth or is able to Answer And seeing he has handled the point so very shallowly against us I refer him and the Reader to a Book Entituled The Case of the Quakers concerning Oaths Defended as Evangolical and another Book more large and full Entituled A Treatise of Oaths wherein both by Scripture Reason Authorities of many Authors our Case is defended in our not Swearing § XX. Qr. p. 46 57. If thou observest a Day observe it to the Lord The Name Sunday is from the Heathens who Celebrated that Day to the Sun and called it Sunday Pr. p. 57. When the King and Parliament made the late Act for the better Observation of the Lord's Day then they did nothing but make a Law to establish Will-Worship according to this Quaker Answ We do not Reflect upon King or Parliament for making such an Act nor judge their Intention or Design to be to establish Will-Worship therein Here the Priest still persists in his old Course of Hectoring to incense the Powers against us which is no Rational Argument nor Christian Confutation but still shews that his Religion and Worship have their Dependence upon men He is for that Way Method and Religion that is the uppermost imposed by the Magistrate and that 's his chief Argument But what 's this to Confute our Friend's saying The Name Sunday is from the Heathens who Celebrated that Day to the Sun And dare he deny this or say that the Name Sunday Munday Tuesday Wednesday c. did not spring from the Heathen in Relation to their Gods whom they Worshipped And did not the Primitive Christians call that the first day of the Week which you professed Christians call Sunday after the Heathens Example And in our Meeting on the First Day of the Week as the Primitive Christians did we do not superstitiously observe the Day or place an Esteem or Sanctity upon that day simply consider'd more than others but observe it to the Lord. The Apostle did not impose the Observation of Days upon the Primitive Christians nor were they to judge one another in that matter One man esteemeth one day above another another esteemeth every day alike Let every man be fully perswaded in his own mind He that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the Lord c. see Rom. 14.4 5 6. Pr. p. 58. Doth not this Quaker's Ignorance in effect count all holy Dayes Apostatical Are not these the Festival Days c P. 59. Real Quakers do not observe holy dayes as this Church appoints Answ The Real Quaker owns the Apostle's Doctrine Col. 2.16 Let no man judge you in Meat or in Drink or in respect of an holy Day or of the New Moon or Sabboth Days which are a Shadow of things to come but the Body is of Christ Certainly Christ is the Substance and End of the Shadow But this Priest is now for Festival Days and Holy Days as the Church appoints Observe how like a Church-man of Rome he here talks as if he were directly steering his Course to Rome The Church is his Rule here and not Christ nor the Scriptures he is for Festivals and Holy Days as the Church commands that is He is for the Observation of Saints and Angels Days and doubtless for Mass-Days too which if he would have us observe he should plainly tell us whence the Observation of such dayes sprung and whether they are not enjoyned in the Mass-Book and from Rome Pr. Ibid. Whither do the Quakers come when they are gotten over the Observation of Days for my part I cannot tell Answ Seeing he cannot tell whither we are or do come he should have let us alone and not revil'd nor abus'd us as men in such deep Ignorance because we can neither keep up the Names of Heathen Gods in Dayes nor Popishly observe Festival Days Holy Days Mass Days c. So here I must leave him in this point with his Face towards Rome not towards Zion nor New Jerusalem § XXI The Priest's next Quarrel is against James Parnel on the Collection of his Writings He is offended to hear That they are given forth from the Spirit of the Lord or that James Parnel should be counted a Servant of God as in the Title of the said Collection and therefore proceeds as followeth Pr. Ibid. This Quaking holy Man of God was in the Quakers Account no less inspired by the holy Ghost than the holy Pen-men of Scripture Answ We make no such Comparison of his being inspired yet though we do not equalize him with those holy Pen-men he was in some degree inspired by the same holy Spirit and bore a Faithful Testimony in his Day and in his Suffering against the Corruptions of those Times both of the then Persecuting Priests Rulers and People Pr. Ibid. The Quakers are

same as to Miracles or to equalize themselves therein with the Apostles though God hath wrought Wonders and Miracles among them and by some as Instruments in his hand Art 78. That to redeem and make free from Sin is done with the Body of Christ which we have told you is the Church A Perversion still as if the Church only did redeem and free it self whereas 't is Christ in and with his own Body that redeems his Church which is that Body of his whereof he is Head Though he has an intire peculiar and glorious Body yet the Church as united to him and Members of his Body comprehensively make up one Indivisible Body in the compleat and mysterious Union and Fulness of himself § 32. Art 81. That that man looks upon Christ with a Carnal Eye that looks upon him to have a true Body Which is a lying Forgery still Christ hath a true and Spiritual glorious Body whereof the Saints are Members in the spiritual and mysterious union wi●h himself § 32. Art 83. That Fellowship at the Lords Table is very wicked Is also a perverse falshood for ye cannot eat at the Table of the Lord and the Table of Devils Covetous Priests and Wicked People though they have the Sign or Shadow yet are short of the Lord's Table and partake not of the Flesh and Blood of Christ nor of his Supper while they shut him out of their Hearts § 16. 25. Art 89. That Vnquakeriz'd Christians do worship an unknown God A Forgery still none of our Terms or Creed but false and fleshly Christians do so Worship § 31. There are divers more Forgeries Perversions and Falshoods in the Priests Articles which for brevity's sake I omit and shall now give the Reader an Account according to my second Proposition before stated of some Truths set down in the Priests Articles which are not according to his Faith he having given them all the Title of the Quakers Vnsound Faith And thus I proceed viz. Pr. Art 2 3. Now we Quakers do believe that the Spirit alone doth give true discerning that the Light within ought to be the Rule of our Faith and Practice Answ We do believe that the Spirit of Truth is all-sufficient for those Ends 't is given for and leadeth into all Truth that true discerning of Spirits is a Gift of this Spirit and that we ought to walk in the Light of Christ Jesus and his Spirit as the chief Rule of our Faith and Practice which things it seems this Priest does not believe he believes not that the Spirit alone doth give true Discerning or that the Divine Light thereof ought to be his Rule He believes the Scripture to be the Rule of Life without the Light within as he has told us p. 120. § 14 15. Pr. Art 21. We Q. believe that we are to mind the Spirit alone in all things Answ We do believe we ought to mind the Spirit of Truth in all things both in reading Scripture for a true understanding thereof and in our Words and Actions but this Priest does not believe he ought to be so mindful of the Spirit his mind is more upon Flesh than Spirit § 14 15 23. Pr. Art 34. We Q. do believe that the Name Sunday is Heathenish that every day is the Lord's day Answ Then this Priest does not believe the Name Sunday is Heathenish or proceeded from Heathens or that every day is the Lords thus ignorant he has shewn himself § 20. Pr. Art 35. We Q. believe that they are no truly faithful Christians who deny that there is a perfect freedom from all manner of Sin to be had in this Life that their Faith is not the true Faith if it doth not cleanse them from all their Sins Answ This Priest therefore believes that they are truly faithful Christians and in the true Faith who deny a Perfect freedom from Sin in this Life and whose Faith does not cleanse them from their Sins which is contrary to the Belief and Faith of truly faithful Christians who know the Heart-purifying Faith and the Blood of Christ to cleanse them from all Sin and such could say He hath washed us from our Sins in his own Blood But 't is not done in this Life saith the Priest When then In the Life to come it must be But Where must it be in a Purgatory between Heaven and Hell That 's Popish Doctrine § 21. and 28. Pr. Art 36. We Q. do believe that the Scripture is not the Light nor the Word nor the Life nor the Judge nor the Rule nor the Guide nor the Tryer of Spirits Answ This being also included in the Qrs. unsound Faith by the Priest we must take it for granted that he believes the Scripture is the Light the Life the Judge † Contrary to Psal 50.6 Isa 33 22. Acts 10.42 Heb. 12.23 James 5.9 the Rule the Guide the Tryer of Spirits which Terms by way of Eminency most properly belonging to God to Christ to the holy Spirit to the divine Light * John 1 c 11.25 c. 14.6 might not the Priest as well have told us that the Scripture is God and Christ § 22 23 § 14 15. Pr. Art 37. We Q. do believe that the People and Teachers are Ignorant of Christ who seek Life in the Scripture where it is not to be found Answ So then this Priest therefore believes that Eternal Life is to be sound in the Scriptures and they who seek it in the Scripture do know and find Christ the Light and Life Eternal therein which is contrary to Christs own Testimony John 5.39 Search the Scriptures for in them ye THINK ye have Eternal Life and they are they which testifie of me but ye will not come to me that ye might have Life § 22 23. § 14 15. Pr. Art 50. We Q. do believe That they are all Heathens and no Christians who are so baptiz'd i. e. with Water and cannot witness the other Baptism i. e. the Baptism of Christ Answ This Priest then believes that they all are no Heathens but Christians who are Baptized or Sprinkled with Water when Infants though they cannot witness the Baptism of Christ at such an easie rate can he make Christians contrary to Christs own Testimony If I do not wash thee thou hast no part in me and except a man be born of Water and of the Spirit he cannot enter the Kingdom of God § 16. 25. 29. Pr. Art 51. We Q. do believe that Sacramental Bread so called is Natural that the Cup is such like and that which they call the Lords Supper is a Shadow Answ This being also included in the Qrs. Vnsound Faith we may take it for granted that the Priest does not believe that the Bread and the Cup which they call Sacramental and the Lords Supper are Natural Carnal or Shadow What then that they are Supernatural Spiritual the Substance the Body and Blood of Christ yea That the Bread broken

thus viz. Pr. There are neither Heads of England nor Ministers whom the Quakers own both the Magistrates and known Ministry of England are absolutely denied by all through-paced Quakers p. 81. And that this Quaker gives us plainly to understand that the real Quakers are none of the Kings Loyal Subjects for they own no Magistrates but such as are Quakers like themselves Answ All which are invective malicious and abominable Slanders and false Inferences shewing a very Cruel and Bloody mind in this Priest Be it noted still that J. Parn plainly testified against the Corruption Partiallity and Persecution that was among the then Rulers and Heads in England who were highly guilty of Persecuting the Innocent in those days and that this was in the time of the former Powers in Cromwell's time before the King's Return For 't is above Twenty Years ago since J. Parnel dyed in Prison in Colchester Castle for his Conscience and Testimony Therefore be it now observ'd that this Malicious Priest shews himself mad against those Testimonies which were really given forth in Reproof to those Corrupt Persecuting Rulers who acted in O. Cromwel's Name and by his Authority As also that this Priest has perverted those Testimonies to render the Qrs. none of the King 's Loyal Subjects and Denyers of Magistrates except such as are Qrs. Which are foul Aspersions and gross Untruths How like a Revengeful Temporizer has this Priest shewn himself to incense the Present Government against us for such plain Testimonies against the Corruption of O. Cromwel's Government and Magistrates as if the King and present Government must be stirred up to persecute us to avenge their Enemies Quarrel upon us for our Plainness and Sincerity in Testifying against their Persecutions and Oppressions Thus the Priest has over-shot himself in his Envy Cruelty and Out-rage But I would yet ask him If it be not possible for Princes and Rulers to commit any Offences against God And if his Servants may not be called to Reprehend and Warn them And therefore seeing he has argued so meanly and pitifully against us and has used so many Citations abusively instead of giving us any Christian or Rational Answer I shall here present the Reader with a Catalogue of some more of his Lyes most Malicious and Devilish Slanders and Falshoods being Thirty Five in Number for brevity's sake as followeth viz. § XXVI 1. That no Magistrates no Government no Laws without Quakerism stampt on them are either owned or honoured by any Qrs. p. 92. This is a Malicious Lye 2. That the Qrs. are Lawless as well as none of the King 's Loyal Subjects p. 92 93. A Persecuting Slander 3. That King and Parliament Magistrates Laws Government of this Kingdom are very little either owned or honoured by any Qrs. p. 93. A Lye also 4. That they proclaim our Magistrates to be men of Blood Bloody Magistrates p. 93. A Gross Lye 5. That it s no Qrs. Duty to be Subject to the Higher Powers p. 85. A Lying Forgery 6. That all Qrs. with their false Christ the Light within them are in Print a Lawless Generation of People professed Opposers of the Government of this Kingdom Ibid. A Blasphemous and Malicious Lye and Slander 7. That Vnquakerized Magistrates are no Terror to Evil doers p. 86. A Gross Lye still 8. That the King's Majesty upon the Throne the Peers with their Nobility and high Honour the Knights with their Worship the Gentlemen c. are as bad and miserable as the Devil p. 89. A Most Abominable and Shameful Slander 9. That any Peasant Qr. is more Honourable than the King 's Sacred Majesty A Ridiculous Lye 10. That the Qr. is boldly base saith in Print there is no Honour belongs to the Kings of England who are born Heirs of the Crown p. 91. A Lye still 11. That the Qrs. are basely Destructive to the King's Majesty to all Superiority Nobility and Honour c. A base Falshood 12. That the Qrs. do not give unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's nor Fear unto whom Fear Honour to whom Honour is due c. p. 93. A Falshood also 13. That he looks upon them that do not Thou one another or are You 'd by others as so many Tyrants worse then Turks p. 95. A Shameful Lye 14. That according to this Qr. the King as Supream Head of this Kingdom hath that degree of Honour above all his Subjects which is made by the Devil p. 99 100. Observe Those Cruel Slanders and Devouring Words appear to be designedly forged to render us Odious to the King Parliament and Rulers to incense them against us to destroy us Thus like a Raging Wave and one of Cain's Race has this Priest attempted Mischief against the Innocent plainly evincing how he serves the Devil who is the Father of Lyes and Lyars 15. That Gospel-Truths are by this Qr. said to be told men by the Devil and God's Ministers the Devil's Mouth p. 102. Evident Lyes also 16. That Qrs. dare affirm that all those Ministers of the Cospel are the Devils Mouth in saying that Christ dyed for all Ibid. A Notorious Lye 17. That the Belief or Pleading for a Perfect Freedom from sin in this Life makes the Qrs. miserably Proud in their own Eyes and is an Haughty Over-holy Dotage of this Qr. p. 103. These are Lyes also 18. That according to this Qr. there hath been no true Christianity nothing but Ant-christianism cruel Darkness and Ignorance and Estrangedness from the Lord in all Ages of the Christian Church ever since the Apostles Dayes p. 107. A Lying Inferrence 19. That according to the Qrs. Mind ever since the Apostles Dayes they were only vain Believers who said they believed that that was the Christ that dyed at Jerusalem rose again sits at the right hand of God c. Ibid. A Perverse Lye 20. That by this Qr. believing in Christ that dyed is slighted Ibid. A Notorious Lye 21. That there hath not been one jot of Christianity in any part of the World for many Hundreds of Years last past ever since the Apostles Dayes all Christians in the World have not known the Lord Jesus Christ their Redeemer p. 111. Shameful Lyes 22. That as for this Church and Kingdom there is nothing but Anti-christ and what is Anti-christian to be found in them p. 112. A Manifest and Gross Lye 23. That like G. Fox the old Qr. they are all equal with God himself p. 116. A Horrid Lye 24. That Parnel affirms That all Qrs. are Partakers of Christs Divine Nature and hence that Women as well as Men Qrs are no less the Eternal Sons of God than Christ himself is p. 116. Notorious Lyes 25. That all Real Qrs. are in their own vain Imaginations Godded with God and Christed with Christ no less God incarnate than our Saviour p. 117. Malicious and Shameful Lyes 26. That the Leaven of that little Book Theologia Germanica hath sowred the Qrs. whole Lump Ibid. A Falshood 27. That for